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1-Year Writing Challenge: Eight Months in

Mathias Barra
3 min readSep 2, 2019

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Photo by Maddi Bazzocco on Unsplash

And we’re back for another check-in.

Eight months have passed since I started posting daily (on my blog) but it feels like yesterday. Yet, at the same time, when I look at articles I wrote in January, I now somehow get how I ended up with no one reading. My articles felt extremely self-centered and didn’t clearly put forward my wish to share and help.

This month has seen some unexpected turn and events in my personal life but I have observed the capacity to adapt through it and still write when I can in order to stay consistent.

Anyway, enough wobbling. Let’s dive right into things.

1. Positive Aspects

Still continuing the trend from last, I am getting more and more curated and, as such, readership. I am also starting to find a clearer voice for myself.

The thoughts I write are also starting to become a real part of me and are not just ideas/beliefs I realize I have when writing, they really shape the way I react to the world around me.

In debates with people, I can now call upon those instead of remembering when I’m alone and think “Shoot, I should have said that.” (Although I’ll admit, I don’t say “shoot”)

I read 2 books and a half:

  1. The 5 A.M Club, by…

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Mathias Barra
Mathias Barra

Written by Mathias Barra

French polyglot speaking 6 languages. Writer. Helping you learn languages. Get my new ebook → https://linktr.ee/MathiasBarra

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